ArmyChan465
At nineteen, Jungkook is doing everything he can to raise his three-year-old daughter Je-i in their tiny one-bedroom apartment. Je-i is nonverbal and autistic, and Jungkook's life revolves around routines, safety, and keeping her world predictable. But lately, nothing feels predictable anymore.
Behind the thin, aging walls, strange noises have started disturbing the nights-slow scraping, rhythmic tapping, and the unmistakable sound of something heavy being dragged. At first, Jungkook tries to ignore it. Old buildings make noise. People come and go. Things happen.
But his neighbor next door doesn't act like a normal tenant. He lingers in silence. Appears in the hallway without footsteps. Leaves his door cracked open in the middle of the night. And sometimes, Jungkook catches him staring-too long, too still, too knowing.
When Je-i begins reacting to the noises with panic, covering her ears and hiding in corners she never hid in before, Jungkook realizes this isn't just thin walls and weird habits. Someone is watching them. Someone is listening. Someone is waiting.
The neighbor's behavior escalates quickly-unexplained appearances, a key that shouldn't exist, an interest in Je-i that crosses every boundary. The more Jungkook tries to protect her, the more he feels the walls closing in, as if the apartment itself is being used against them.
There are no ghosts in this building.
Just a man who knows how to stay quiet.
And a father who must uncover what he's doing before he loses the only person he has left.